Am I the only one with no use of the board?

Solar7

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I had that problem today. It's an ad that has semi-malicious content in it. I refreshed the page and stopped having an issue.

Worth noting to the Mods/Admins about though.
 
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I get that stupid thing then this comes up. Literally within a minute of opening the page, I’m hijacked. Like 9/10 times. Steve Jobs would not be pleased with how they’re doing without him.
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No I have it to. It seems likely it did come from here.
 

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And this is why EVERYONE should be running ad-blockers, at least until the internet advertising industry cleans up its act. Advertising is a major source of trojans and viruses these days.
 

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Have you tried deleting all your website data/cookies?
 

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This is all I get when using my Iphone to get to the site. I can't even use the site at all on my phone now. I can only get on using my laptop or my home computer.
 

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This is all I get when using my Iphone to get to the site. I can't even use the site at all on my phone now. I can only get on using my laptop or my home computer.

That’s weird I have iPhone and a Mac at home and have NEVER experienced one issue or any of the above being described???
 

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I never get ads... there's some good blockers , gotta look a bit deeper is all
 

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The problem is, iPhone's Safari doesn't have an ad blocker, which is what everyone is running into. FYI - this isn't actually run by Amazon, it's just malware attached to someone's ad that's coming through the exchange server that ASFN shares its ad space with.

Make sure Safari security settings are turned on, particularly Block Pop-ups and Fraudulent Website Warning. On your iPhone or iPad, go to Settings > Safari and turn on Block Pop-ups and Fraudulent Website Warning.

Similarly, if that isn't working, you should be able to go to Safari > Advanced, and toggle off Javascript. That will prevent this from popping up, but limit functionality on some sites as well.

I'd recommend updating to the newest version of iOS as well... but I know some on older phones may not want to do that.

t. works in internet ad tech
 

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No blocker on IPad either. New OS doesn’t help!
 

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My guess is contributors to ASFN do not get the ads??

It's not a problem for me.
 

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